[Baltothewolf]

Originally Posted by ishmael2013

Actually, Toyota did not forget to bump the battery size on the 2013 Camry Hybrid, which has a 1.6 Kwh battery, compared to the Prius's 1.3 Kwh battery. This represents a 23% increase in battery size. The 2013 Camry Hybrid weighs about 3,500 lbs, compared to the 2013 Prius's weight of 3,040 lbs. The difference in weight (15%) is actually less than the 23% increase in battery size. So, in fact, Toyota overcompensated in the increase in battery capacity. The reason why the camry hybrid's combined mpg is about 20% less than the prius's is because it weighs 15% more and thus requires more energy (more fuel) to propel. The extra 5% can be explained by the Prius's slightly better drag coefficient.

Many people read these posts, and many will take what we write as fact, so please don't use statistics that you haven't thoroughly researched as fact.

I think he was talking about the 2012, not the 2013 camry.